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Female genital mutilation is a widespread practice globally. One woman tells Rappler her experience and how she has never achieved an orgasm because of her circumcision. Unicef says million women and girls living today have undergone female genital mutilation. I can get a lot of money. Mary recalls walking away from that conversation thinking everyone got the procedure done — females at birth, males perhaps when they were a little older.

Your Clitoris Is Like an Iceberg — Bigger Than You Think

In female human anatomy , the clitoral hood also called preputium clitoridis and clitoral prepuce is a fold of skin that surrounds and protects the glans of the clitoris ; it also covers the external shaft of the clitoris, develops as part of the labia minora and is homologous with the foreskin equally called prepuce in male genitals. The clitoral hood is formed during the fetal stage by the cellular lamella. The clitoral hood is formed from the same tissues that form the foreskin in human males. The clitoral hood varies in the size, shape, thickness, and other aesthetic areas. Some women have large clitoral hoods that completely cover the clitoral glans.

The clitoris has approximately 8, nerving endings, which is more than anywhere else in the female body. The penis only has 4, The clitoris is not shaped like a penis, but it is similar to the male anatomy because it has a glans, a foreskin, also known as the clitoral hood, and even a shaft. It is the only part of the female body whose main function is to serve as pleasure.